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Lawmakers say the UK lacks the expertise to manage relations with China

Lawmakers say the UK lacks the expertise to manage relations with China

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A visiting Chinese delegation recently noticed that no senior British officials they met could speak Mandarin or had lived in the country. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, a global network of sceptical politicians, published an audit on Wednesday calling British policy muddled and weak. While accepting that total separation is impossible, the report demands strict boundaries around artificial intelligence, national infrastructure and human rights.

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